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WARRIOR of Common Ground

Let’s face it. It’s hard to make changes in our lives. What you’re going to hear today, may be the best content we’ve come across on creating change. It’s a clear, systematic, effective way to make Smart Changes. This episode is for anyone who has struggled to make a sustainable change.

Art Markman is the Professor of Psychology and Marketing at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also the Founding Director of the Program in the Human Dimensions of Organizations. Art’s research explores thinking. He has studied the way people form and use analogies, the mechanisms of decision making, the modes that allow people to form categories, and the influences of motivation on reasoning.

Art is the author of 3 books- Smart Thinking, Habits of Leadership and Smart Change. Art is also on the scientific advisory boards for the Dr. Phil Show and the Dr. Oz Show. This conversation was so incredibly inspiring; it’s a game-changing episode.

WARRIOR of Common Ground

“Big goals are achieved from a series of small actions.”
-Art Markman

Highlights –

• Work with how you are wired
• Honoring your motivations
• Why “stop” behavior goals do not work
• 5 Key tools to create lasting change
• Commitment contract
• How to work with the stages of change

Resources –

• Free Webinar: I’ll be sharing how to leverage your creative side and use it as an advantage in business. Join me for my free webinar, How To Succeed In Business When You’re Marketing Yourself and Your Talent. Go to creativewarriorunleashed.com or text warrior to number 33444 to register and unleash your creative-thinking to propel your business forward.
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Guest Contact –

• Art’s Website, Art on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn
• Art’s books:
  • Smart Change
  • Smart Thinking
  • Habits of Leadership

Mentions –

• “Quitting smoking is one of the easiest things to do in the world; I have done it hundreds of times.” Mark Twain
• The Commitment Contract From Stickk

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Are YOU a Creative Warrior? Find out and take the Creative Warrior Assessment for FREE (normally $10).

Art is generously offering a Free electronic copy of his “Smart change journal.” Check out Creative Warriors Gifts Page where you can grab Art’s offer as well as check out the free gifts from previous guests.

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